Column: He was the oldest man in the U.S., and his loving caretaker was with him to the endRosario Reyes was the caregiver to Morrie Markoff, who died this month at 110. (Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times)The oldest male in the United States was a man of many appetites, even at 110, and his live-in caretaker did her best to feed them. I was lucky to have met Markoff when he responded to a 2012 column I wrote about having been resuscitated after going into cardiac arrest following knee replacement surgery. “The real lesson learned from this is how unprepared our government is to deal with end of life for people,” Steven told me the other day. “It’s wonderful to sit here in comfort and watch the eclipse happen.”In Markoff's final hours, Reyes told him he was going to be with Betty again.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 10, 2024 10:28 UTC